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I think all would agree that an official Cyanogen CM9 build for the Fire would be the best thing that can happen. I went to the Cyanogen forum asking them about a CM9 for the Kindle Fire.
A staff response was this:
Talk to one of those xda devs and see if they are working on getting the code into the CM tree. As long as someone is willing to maintain it to whatever standards CM requires (of which, I don't know... they would need to contact a dev or submit it to find out), I doubt CM would turn away the code to incorporate it into the official tree.
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Thread is here: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/40230-i-dont-want-an-an-xda-port-of-cm9-for-the-kindle-fire
I have seen it mentioned here in the cm9 thread.
a2296455 said:
Sorbo, thank you for your offer, but once this ROM gets just a little bit more stable, CyanogenMod will accept it as an official rom and we can use their GitHub, bugtracker and review for all these things. We just need more developers at this point.
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Any way i can help?
First of all: You didn't have to create any thread like this. If it's considered as stable enough, it gets merged into the CM tree.
symbiiote said:
Any way i can help?
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And you can help by fixing the bugs that exist in the current build.
bl1nkk said:
First of all: You didn't have to create any thread like this. If it's considered as stable enough, it gets merged into the CM tree.
And you can help by fixing the bugs that exist in the current build.
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So are you of the opinion that there's a high likelihood that we will be seeing an official CM9 release for the Fire? Because I looked at the devices Cyanogen plans to support with CM9, and the Kindle Fire wasn't on that list.
BorrowADolla said:
So are you of the opinion that there's a high likelihood that we will be seeing an official CM9 release for the Fire? Because I looked at the devices Cyanogen plans to support with CM9, and the Kindle Fire wasn't on that list.
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I think this thread here is the "unofficial" cm9 that your looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411895
Once they get stuff working properly I'm pretty sure it will then get added to the official CM9 section. I could be wrong though so don't quote me on that lol.
gamy2121 said:
I think this thread here is the "unofficial" cm9 that your looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411895
Once they get stuff working properly I'm pretty sure it will then get added to the official CM9 section. I could be wrong though so don't quote me on that lol.
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Can someone explain the advantages of CM9 over CM7, I loaded the current build of ICS and I could not see any advantage at all, matter of fact it ran quadrant bench mark slower then CM7.
Also is the quadrant bench mark a good way the measure on rom against the other, I've been setting up each rom, MiUi, cm7, ics , running quadrant, then adding V6 supercharger, then the 2 different kernals etc. to see which combo gives my fire the best performance. Is there a better way to compare ?
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Can someone explain the advantages of CM9 over CM7, I loaded the current build of ICS and I could not see any advantage at all, matter of fact it ran quadrant bench mark slower then CM7.
Also is the quadrant bench mark a good way the measure on rom against the other, I've been setting up each rom, MiUi, cm7, ics , running quadrant, then adding V6 supercharger, then the 2 different kernals etc. to see which combo gives my fire the best performance. Is there a better way to compare ?
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It's all personal preference, some people just want the latest and greatest ROM and will deal with not having some stuff working. Some need a more stable ROM for whatever reason. I really don't pay to much attention to quadrant scores as long as a ROM performs nicely for me that's what matters.
Also with the Kernels, although I haven't tried any on my Fire yet I do know that they will perform differently on different peoples hardware. Like on the Evo 4g Alot of people like a certain kernel and it works great for them, but when I try it on mine it's not so great and I get random reboots and other weird things going on.
As long as any combo of Rom/Kernel works for you the way you need your fire to run then I would just stick with it.
Thanks for the reply, You make a good point..
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Can someone explain the advantages of CM9 over CM7, I loaded the current build of ICS and I could not see any advantage at all, matter of fact it ran quadrant bench mark slower then CM7.
Also is the quadrant bench mark a good way the measure on rom against the other, I've been setting up each rom, MiUi, cm7, ics , running quadrant, then adding V6 supercharger, then the 2 different kernals etc. to see which combo gives my fire the best performance. Is there a better way to compare ?
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CM7 is an operating system designed for mobile phones, that is more or less tweaked and patched into looking ok on a tablet.
CM9 is designed for tablets, and has a lot of features that you don't get in CM7.
And finally, comparing the quadrant scores of a 'nearly stable' ROM (CM7) to a pre-alpha that doesn't have 100% working drivers (CM9) isn't exactly apples to apples.
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So are you of the opinion that there's a high likelihood that we will be seeing an official CM9 release for the Fire? Because I looked at the devices Cyanogen plans to support with CM9, and the Kindle Fire wasn't on that list.
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I'm quoting gamy2121 for that. He's right.
gamy2121 said:
I think this thread here is the "unofficial" cm9 that your looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411895
Once they get stuff working properly I'm pretty sure it will then get added to the official CM9 section. I could be wrong though so don't quote me on that lol.
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Why do people keep saying cm 9 is specifically for tablets? CyanogenMod keeps all its maintained devices on the latest Android version regardless of if it's a phone or tablet. Also, isn't the only devices officially running ICS, phones? However, from what i understand, the way Google is doing things is that ICS isn't specific to being a phone or tablet OS but rather both a phone and tablet OS
No. Xoom got ICS today, Samsung Galaxy Tab is going to be getting it. They essentially built on top of Honeycomb to bring the same/a similar experience to mobile phones.
The entire interface between a phone with ICS, and a tablet with ICS are completely different. Give it a try, and you'll see why it's a tablet OS, as compared to CM9.
Oh, and in regards to the CyanogenMod questions: CM has versions. So CM7 is Gingerbread, CM8 would have been honeycomb, and CM9 is ICS. Just because Cyanogenmod7 can run on a tablet, doesn't mean it was designed for it. CyanogenMod runs on the HP Touchpad, and it sure as hell wasn't designed for that.
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No. Xoom got ICS today, Samsung Galaxy Tab is going to be getting it. They essentially built on top of Honeycomb to bring the same/a similar experience to mobile phones.
The entire interface between a phone with ICS, and a tablet with ICS are completely different. Give it a try, and you'll see why it's a tablet OS, as compared to CM9.
Oh, and in regards to the CyanogenMod questions: CM has versions. So CM7 is Gingerbread, CM8 would have been honeycomb, and CM9 is ICS. Just because Cyanogenmod7 can run on a tablet, doesn't mean it was designed for it. CyanogenMod runs on the HP Touchpad, and it sure as hell wasn't designed for that.
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So if I want real ICS experience on my tablet, I will need some other port and not CM9. That's what you're telling me?
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So if I want real ICS experience on my tablet, I will need some other port and not CM9. That's what you're telling me?
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That sounds like what he said, but it's not true at all. The CM9 build maintained by JackpotClavin has a great tablet UI and it's a seriously promising ROM. It's way more tablet-y than CM7. I just wish I could figure out a way to use the dead space at the top and bottom (portrait) or on the sides (landscape). I could stick a weather widget in there or something.
That's not what I meant to imply. If you want a tablet experience: CM9 is the way to go.
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That's not what I meant to imply. If you want a tablet experience: CM9 is the way to go.
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CM9 is nice, but I have a pretty good CM7 tablet experience as well. Which I will stick with until CM9 is ready (it's not IMO).
I use ADW. I have the Dock bar completely hidden and have the desktop set to expand. Notification bar is hidden and can be brought back with a simple swipe down. Swipe up show's notifications. Volume Control is used. You can see it at the top in the top pic. It is set to disappear after a couple seconds. Same thing with Button Mapper. Everything is themed to look like ICS.
AOKP still the best for kindle
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I suggest gedeROM, SGT7, or Glazed ICS. All three of these ROMs have lots of features and are very stable.
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So I was just wondering which ROM is really good...
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This is kind of like asking what is the best tasting ice cream; everyone will have their favorites, but there is no definitive answer. I found the best thing to do is like what you started to do; try each one and see what works for you and what doesn't. I tried a few CM9 ROMs and each of them did not have the battery life that I wanted, so I am sticking with Modaco's rooted stock until CM9 is more efficient. Good luck in finding the ROM that works for you
I got my kindle fire a little over a week ago and I think I have flashed nearly every ICS ROM that has an active forum thread. I keep switching between them all hoping to make up my mind but mostly I forget which is which lol.
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I have installed 9 different ROMs. I like GlazedICS. It is responsive and very good on connectivity, battery life, and eye candy.
hello all this is my second android phone after my motorola atrix,i know aosp and aokp are almost the same in terms of making them youre own but i was wondering if there are any roms that could possibly be ported as soon as my ubuntu installtion finishes i plan on messing around and compiling roms, any help or info regarding aosp offical,aokp,tmobile theme engine,or rom control would be appreciated
there is currently a test build for cm10 in the at&t section that you can flash on the tmobile note 2 i been using it all day
wont that affect the s-pen?
Spen works on that build but you wont have samsungs spen apps.
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i can live with that, since its unoffical are there any bugs besides wifi calling? im really just craving some parinoid right now so i can make some dpi changes. thanks guys
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there is currently a test build for cm10 in the at&t section that you can flash on the tmobile note 2 i been using it all day
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Does the modem work?
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Does the modem work?
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Yes modem works fine... Although there are a few minor issues. Camera video isn't working but camera mx from the market does, some minor performance issues. Call audio issue... But Theres a work around. I've been using it as my daily for a week just fine although these issues might bother others.
I was just about to post a similar question. I cant wait for a pure android rom for our phone. I hate how carriers and mfgs destroy the android experience but even nexus devices destroy the experience by eliminating removable batteries and sd card slots now. G1 is still my favorite phone I have ever had.
okay. i got a friend who has a Kindle Fire
and i wanna know what is the best to use......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591850
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778010
or is there something better.......
im looking for the Best CM10 for it, Thanks and i will always thank you/rep you for good info.!
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Also would it be best to use a Sandisk card for this aswell.... like most others
AACThaKid said:
okay. i got a friend who has a Kindle Fire
and i wanna know what is the best to use......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591850
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778010
or is there something better.......
im looking for the Best CM10 for it, Thanks and i will always thank you/rep you for good info.!
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Well both ROMs are very smooth but one major difference, tablet UI and non-tablet UI. The CM10/SGT7 ROM has the option to utilize phone UI or tablet UI. The CM10.1 ROM does not have tablet UI "yet". There really is no huge leaps of improvement between CM10 and 10.1, both have about the same battery life. So my suggestion is try both and see which one works better for you.
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Well both ROMs are very smooth but one major difference, tablet UI and non-tablet UI. The CM10/SGT7 ROM has the option to utilize phone UI or tablet UI. The CM10.1 ROM does not have tablet UI "yet". There really is no huge leaps of improvement between CM10 and 10.1, both have about the same battery life. So my suggestion is try both and see which one works better for you.
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Thank you very much for your fast reply
i know he wants to be able to use it more-or-less like a real tablet should be.... lots of games, some streaming and internet surfing
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AlienDroid is another great ROM based on twa_priv's CM10/SGT7. It has all the same features but in addition you can easily customize the UI. The developer powerpoint45 is constantly adding new tweaks for customizing. This ROM definetely will make the tablet stand out in a crowd
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AlienDroid is another great ROM based on twa_priv's CM10/SGT7. It has all the same features but in addition you can easily customize the UI. The developer powerpoint45 is constantly adding new tweaks for customizing. This ROM definetely will make the tablet stand out in a crowd
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Thanks for all the info, i shall pass the info to my friend
thanks again everyone
Is anybody working on a custom ROM for the 510 yet? Kind of not necessary given there's no bloat and xposed works well. That being said, part of the reason I wanted to root my tablet is to play with different Roms/kernels.
I will say that mine is lightening fast, was easy to root using Linux, and has NO problems with the screen.
Any Update?
Any update on custom ROMs for the GPE V510?
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Any update on custom ROMs for the GPE V510?
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Why are you wanting a custom ROM? I ask because these days you can do many of the same things that were afforded by custom ROMs on the stock ROM using Xposed Framework modules, in particular GravityBox. There are very few options that I've seen in CM, AOKP, etc., that you can't do with those ROMs installed, and you get the benefits of the stock ROM, particularly with GPE.
Anyone who has used both a GPE and a rooted V500 running any AOSP ROM: is there any difference is responsiveness and speed at opening web pages?
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Anyone who has used both a GPE and a rooted V500 running any AOSP ROM: is there any difference is responsiveness and speed at opening web pages?
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Yeah, that's been annoying. Think I have it fixed on latest kernel. At least my test run is working. It used to be forever waiting. Will upload sleekai5.1 soon. I'll check to see if XDA has their uploads fixed yet. Don't really like using github for that.
Sleekmason,
Really love the kernal mods. waiting for your next release with great anticipation.
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Yeah, that's been annoying. Think I have it fixed on latest kernel. At least my test run is working. It used to be forever waiting. Will upload sleekai5.1 soon. I'll check to see if XDA has their uploads fixed yet. Don't really like using github for that.
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So you are confirming that the V510 is more responsive and opens web pages faster than the V500?
cam30era said:
So you are confirming that the V510 is more responsive and opens web pages faster than the V500?
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More responsive? Yeah, probably. Don't know about Roms. I scored 27474 on antutu for whatever that's worth. That's not with init.d set to lower CPU. Another user posted similar with madhi and the dyn kernel.
Web pages? You tell me.
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More responsive? Yeah, probably. Don't know about Roms. I scored 27474 on antutu for whatever that's worth. That's not with init.d set to lower CPU. Another user posted similar with madhi and the dyn kernel.
Web pages? You tell me.
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Well, I can't tell you.... at least not yet. I'm comtemplating buying a V510 and selling my V500. If someone with experience on both could post feedback.
And thanks for your info.
cam30era said:
Well, I can't tell you.... at least not yet. I'm comtemplating buying a V510 and selling my V500. If someone with experience on both could post feedback.
And thanks for your info.
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No problem
I posted my latest kernel a few hours ago. Would love somebody to confirm better internet load times. If anybody has downloaded sleekai5.1, tell me if your connection seems better!
If you want a custom ROM, why did you spend too much money on the GPE?
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If you want a custom ROM, why did you spend too much money on the GPE?
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Because it sounds like fun. I later began tweaking the kernel instead, and adding other things like xposed. This thread is old. I wrote this when I first got the device and was looking for something different to work on. Because I wanted a clean device from which to work.
Other GPE devices can run custom Roms like their non gpe counterparts. This is the only device I'm aware of that actually has issues just loading any ROM you like. It's a shame.
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More responsive? Yeah, probably. Don't know about Roms. I scored 27474 on antutu for whatever that's worth. That's not with init.d set to lower CPU. Another user posted similar with madhi and the dyn kernel.
Web pages? You tell me.
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Now I can tell you. The V510 definately opens apps and web pages faster than a V500 (running CM11). Thanks for convincing me to buy one. Selling my V500.
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Other GPE devices can run custom Roms like their non gpe counterparts. This is the only device I'm aware of that actually has issues just loading any ROM you like. It's a shame.
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The issue is no one made a device tree yet for the v510. I have part of the device tree going thanks to @Drgravy and will be finishing it up when I can find the time.
Maybe @sleekmason can help with kernel
AndroidUser00110001 said:
The issue is no one made a device tree yet for the v510. I have part of the device tree going thanks to @Drgravy and will be finishing it up when I can find the time.
Maybe @sleekmason can help with kernel
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Sure, let me know what you need!